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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I understand that, but there's no way
for the preview button to tell if the link is a demo page or
something else.<br>
We can add whatever we want to the style.css header? That's
interesting.<br>
Going to add a "Demo URI:" / "Preview URI:" from now on then,
we'll see where that goes.<br>
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On 18/09/2014 03:37, Edward Caissie wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">There is also this in the guidelines:
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0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Theme
URL, if used, is required to link to a page specifically
related to the Theme. <b>If a demonstration site or page is
being used</b>, the content must be related to the theme
itself. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wordpress.org/themes/theme-name">http://wordpress.org/themes/theme-name</a>
is reserved for default themes only and no longer accepted. (<b>Bold</b>
mine)</blockquote>
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<div>Although it would be interesting, and there is nothing
stopping you from adding more to the theme style.css' header
section the functionality is basically already in place. </div>
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<div>Edward Caissie<br>
aka Cais.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Emil
Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">It takes
time, work and patience.
<div class="HOEnZb">
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On Wednesday, September 17, 2014, Yentl Bresseleers <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:hello@design311.com" target="_blank">hello@design311.com</a>>
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<div>Totally agree, the "Preview" button doesn't
really show anything decent in 99% of all themes.<br>
Even for default themes these preview button
doesn't really show anything useful:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wp-themes.com/twentyfourteen/"
target="_blank">http://wp-themes.com/twentyfourteen/</a><br>
Wouldn't it be better if that link got replaced by
the demo url, which you can find here?<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://twentyfourteendemo.wordpress.com/"
target="_blank">http://twentyfourteendemo.wordpress.com/</a><br>
<br>
Another comparison:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wp-themes.com/twentythirteen/"
target="_blank">http://wp-themes.com/twentythirteen/</a>
vs <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://twentythirteendemo.wordpress.com/"
target="_blank">http://twentythirteendemo.wordpress.com/</a><br>
<br>
Most probably this is out of our hands but I
really think we should add a "Demo URI:" to our
style.css file.<br>
That link can then be used on the Preview button
rather than the link we currently have.<br>
This seems like a really easy fix.<br>
<br>
Maybe we should add the Demo URI in <b>style.css</b>
and <b>readme.txt</b> even if we have no control
over the preview button.<br>
People looking at these files will at least get an
idea of what is possible with the theme.<br>
<br>
What do you guys think? What do you propose?<br>
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On 18/09/2014 02:46, // ravi wrote:<br>
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<div>Hello all,</div>
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<div>this is a bit larger than theme review, so
apologies beforehand if it is misdirected, but I
want to relate my experience in trying to help
some friends choose a theme for their site. In
this effort, searching on <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wordpress.org" target="_blank">wordpress.org</a>
using the provided filters is a very frustrating
experience, mostly stemming from a disparity
between the filter selection, the theme preview
image, and the actual theme preview.</div>
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<div>First, what shows up in the preview is a far
cry from what is in the screenshot. It is
understandable that the screenshot was carefully
crafted with various features enabled in order
to display the theme at its best, and therefore
some discrepancy is inevitable. But what one
sees in the preview at times has almost no
relation visually to the screenshot.</div>
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<div>Next, what appears in the preview seems to
have no relation to the selected filters either.
Say I select “left sidebar”… well, in many
cases, the preview has none.</div>
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<div>Having written a few themes myself, back in
the stone ages, I realise that there are reasons
behind all of this, but consider the experience
from a regular WordPress user’s perspective.
Selecting a theme is one of the first, and
certainly the most defining activity, for a new
user. Whatever the underlying reasons may be,
their experience has to be better than what
occurs today.</div>
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<div>Apologies if I have missed some obvious steps
that would have improved my experience.</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
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<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>—ravi</div>
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<div>P.S: background: this was for a self-hosted
blog, not one on <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://WordPress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a>.</div>
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